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Jun

PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL HISTORY

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Engine 26 Decorated for the Rose Festival Parade
Engine – 26 ready for the 1910 Portland Rose Festival Parade.

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Part of Portland’s popular culture for more than a century, the
Rose Festival has its roots in tradition while its programming
is both contemporary and nostalgic. Foresighted city leaders
started the festival during the first decade of the 20th Century
in order to put Portland on the map and brand it the ‘summer
capital of the world.’ Little did they know that more than a
hundred summers later the Rose Festival would be world
famous for its amazing, award-winning events, as well as
serving as a community leader for celebrating values like
volunteerism, patriotism and environmentalism. In 2010,
the Rose Festival was finally acknowledged as Portland’s
Official Festival by proclamation of the Council.

U.S. Cruiser Charleston at the 1907 Rose Festival.

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Jun

IT’S PARADE DAY IN THE ROSE CITY!

Rose Festival Parade, NW corner of 10th & Madison, 1908.

Cadets marching in Portland’s Rose Festival parade, 1911.

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Portland, Oregon Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade in 1954.

(Oregon Historical Society)

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Jun

ROSE FESTIVAL FLEET WEEK IN 1935

Ships arriving on the Willamette River for the Rose Festival event in
downtown Portland, Oregon.

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Jun

IT’S FLEET WEEK IN PORTLAND, OREGON

(From Vintage Portland)
This 1935 aerial photo shows Navy ships arriving at the Portland
waterfront for the Rose Festival.

The City of Portland has been a favorite port of call for visiting Navy ships
since the beginning of the Rose Festival in 1907.

A total of ten ships from the U.S. Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy and the
U.S. Coast Guard are scheduled to arrive in Portland this week. The fleet
should begin departing on Monday morning, June 13.

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Jun

IT’S PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL TIME !

The idea for the Rose Festival in Portland, Oregon was presented to the
public in a speech by Mayor Harry Lane at the end of the Lewis and Clark
Centennial Exposition in 1905. The first festival occurred in 1907.

One of our most popular events during Rose Festival time in Portland is the
Starlight Parade the offers fun for everyone. From traditional marching bands
and flood-lit floats. This years pageant will be celebrating 40 years in the city
of Portland.

Harry Lane (1855-1917)